TESTED Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

tested 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of tested

as in tried

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verb

past tense of test

as in sampled

to put (something) to a test please test this sample for the presence of lead

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as in stretched

to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress all of these unnecessary questions are testing my patience

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Adjective

Each application is pre-tested and integrated into the platform to reduce deployment time and improve reliability for end users. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026 But summer back in New York, amid the fug of the city, requires a return to a tested and true formula. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 June 2025

Verb

This revamped Heat roster will be tested right away, with its first two games coming against quality opponents. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026 Backups are scheduled, tested occasionally and assumed to be sufficient. — Michael Wu, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tested

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Adjective

But first, the premiere settles the audience into a tried and true cop drama with power struggles over jurisdiction, a local militia led by a man with his own agenda, and a suspect who literally blows the case wide open.

— Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Short films are a tried and true launching pad for horror directors.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

Definition of tried

Verb

The filing also said around 70% of the people sampled had no voting history.

— Miles Parks, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
And instead of swapping its wines four times a year, the airliner will only switch things up every six months, with some 13 wines to be served out of 1,600 sampled.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of sampled

Verb

The Paris police requested the change because police and security resources are stretched thin due to mass protests, ongoing civil unrest, and France's first NFL game happening in the region, per multiple reports.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, your star rep’s calendar is full, her manager is stretched thin, and the next batch of recruits needs coaching.

— Anis Bennaceur, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of stretched

Adjective

Our tortured contemporary education is a logical outgrowth of its origin story.

— Kamau Bobb October 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Earlier works tinging with an obscure kind of darkness that hinted at tortured psychological states have all but disappeared from her work and living quarters in lieu of an elegant old world charm.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of tortured

Verb

Generally, most households struggled more financially during the period examined, regardless of political representation, as median costs rose by 33 percent, while median incomes rose only 28 percent.

— Amy L. Wong, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
To determine whether Decipher could help guide that decision, researchers examined test scores from more than 27,000 patients in real-world data and 401 men with non-metastatic prostate cancer who had participated in the STAMPEDE abiraterone trial.

— Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of examined

Verb

The organization built a political presence in Texas with lobbying and legislative testimony as the state pushed back on transgender ideology in recent years.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026
If elected, the younger Bolsonaro, who comports himself as a more moderate version of his father, has been clear on his plans not only to secure his father’s freedom but to punish the top figures in the judiciary who pushed for his prosecution.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of pushed

Verb

Evans and Holmes hoped the documentary would change public perceptions of her, but his attempts to control the project strained his relationship with the filmmakers.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Ties between Ukraine and its most important backer the United States have also been strained by the apparent withdrawal of US intelligence sharing, and restrictions to the Starlink satellite internet service.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

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